The Races of Mankind
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The Races of Mankind
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The Races of Mankind is a series of 104 sculptures created for the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago by sculptor Malvina Hoffman, representing the various races of humankind, and unveiled in 1933. Most of the sculptures are life-sized. The works were initially housed in Hall 3, the Chauncey Keep Memorial Hall. Hoffman wrote about her travels around the world to draw and sculpt the various different types of people in her 1936 book Heads and Tales. In her letters from the field, Hoffman
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Series of 104 sculptures created by Malvina Hoffman
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Races_of_Mankind
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2024-03-14T08:59:11Z
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